Fertility & birth rates in Azerbaijan and Pakistan

Fertility rate in Azerbaijan vs Pakistan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Azerbaijan was 1.55 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.61 in Pakistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Azerbaijan vs Pakistan population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Azerbaijan	Pakistan
1960	5.88	6.8
1961	5.94	6.8
1962	5.96	6.8
1963	5.95	6.8
1964	5.89	6.8
1965	5.79	6.8
1966	5.66	6.8
1967	5.38	6.8
1968	5.22	6.8
1969	5.07	6.8
1970	4.91	6.8
1971	4.77	6.8
1972	4.62	6.81
1973	4.45	6.81
1974	4.33	6.81
1975	4.18	6.81
1976	4.02	6.81
1977	3.87	6.8
1978	3.73	6.78
1979	3.61	6.76
1980	3.5	6.73
1981	3.41	6.7
1982	3.34	6.67
1983	3.29	6.64
1984	3.26	6.62
1985	2.91	6.59
1986	2.9	6.55
1987	2.9	6.52
1988	2.8	6.48
1989	2.8	6.43
1990	2.74	6.36
1991	2.87	6.29
1992	2.74	6.21
1993	2.7	6.11
1994	2.52	6.01
1995	2.29	5.89
1996	2.06	5.77
1997	2.07	5.64
1998	2	5.51
1999	2.07	5.46
2000	2	5.35
2001	1.8	5.18
2002	1.8	5.01
2003	1.9	4.89
2004	2.05	4.68
2005	2	4.6
2006	1.97	4.59
2007	1.97	4.55
2008	1.9	4.51
2009	1.82	4.47
2010	1.92	4.4
2011	1.96	4.31
2012	2	4.2
2013	1.98	4.13
2014	1.97	4.06
2015	1.94	3.99
2016	1.9	3.9
2017	1.75	3.9
2018	1.73	3.86
2019	1.81	3.81
2020	1.7	3.77
2021	1.52	3.72
2022	1.67	3.66
2023	1.55	3.61
2024	1.55	3.55
2025	1.54	3.5
2026	1.54	3.44
2027	1.54	3.39
2028	1.54	3.34
2029	1.54	3.3
2030	1.54	3.25
2031	1.53	3.21
2032	1.53	3.16
2033	1.53	3.12
2034	1.53	3.08
2035	1.53	3.04
2036	1.53	3.01
2037	1.53	2.97
2038	1.53	2.94
2039	1.52	2.9
2040	1.52	2.87
2041	1.52	2.83
2042	1.52	2.8
2043	1.52	2.77
2044	1.52	2.74
2045	1.52	2.71
2046	1.52	2.69
2047	1.52	2.66
2048	1.52	2.63
2049	1.52	2.61
2050	1.52	2.58

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Azerbaijan	Pakistan
1960	40.4%	41.3%
1961	42%	41.4%
1962	43.3%	41.6%
1963	44.2%	41.8%
1964	44.9%	42.2%
1965	45.3%	42.7%
1966	45.6%	43%
1967	45.7%	43.3%
1968	45.6%	43.5%
1969	45.3%	43.7%
1970	44.9%	43.9%
1971	44.3%	44%
1972	43.6%	44.1%
1973	42.7%	44.1%
1974	41.7%	44.1%
1975	40.6%	44.1%
1976	39.4%	44%
1977	38.1%	43.9%
1978	36.7%	43.8%
1979	35.6%	43.7%
1980	35%	43.3%
1981	34.4%	43.1%
1982	34%	43%
1983	33.8%	43.1%
1984	33.5%	43.3%
1985	33.4%	43.5%
1986	33.2%	43.6%
1987	33.1%	43.7%
1988	33.2%	43.8%
1989	33.5%	44%
1990	33.8%	44.1%
1991	34%	44.1%
1992	34.1%	44.3%
1993	34%	44.5%
1994	33.9%	44.5%
1995	33.6%	44.5%
1996	33.2%	44.3%
1997	32.8%	44.1%
1998	32.2%	43.9%
1999	31.4%	43.6%
2000	30.3%	43.3%
2001	29.2%	42.9%
2002	28.1%	42.6%
2003	27%	42.3%
2004	26%	41.8%
2005	25.1%	41.3%
2006	24.4%	40.9%
2007	23.8%	40.4%
2008	23.2%	40%
2009	22.7%	39.6%
2010	22.3%	39.3%
2011	22.2%	39.1%
2012	22.3%	39%
2013	22.7%	38.9%
2014	23.1%	38.9%
2015	23.5%	38.8%
2016	23.8%	38.6%
2017	23.9%	38.5%
2018	23.8%	38.3%
2019	23.5%	38.1%
2020	23.4%	37.9%
2021	23.1%	37.6%
2022	22.8%	37.3%
2023	22.3%	37%
2024	21.8%	36.7%
2025	21.2%	36.2%
2026	20.6%	35.8%
2027	20%	35.3%
2028	19.4%	34.9%
2029	18.9%	34.5%
2030	18.3%	34.2%
2031	17.9%	33.8%
2032	17.6%	33.5%
2033	17.5%	33.3%
2034	17.3%	33%
2035	17%	32.7%
2036	16.9%	32.5%
2037	16.8%	32.2%
2038	16.8%	32%
2039	16.8%	31.7%
2040	16.8%	31.5%
2041	16.8%	31.3%
2042	16.9%	31%
2043	16.9%	30.8%
2044	16.9%	30.5%
2045	16.8%	30.3%
2046	16.8%	30%
2047	16.8%	29.7%
2048	16.7%	29.5%
2049	16.6%	29.2%
2050	16.5%	28.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Azerbaijan and 36.7% in Pakistan in 2024, compared to 33.8% and 44.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Azerbaijan and Pakistan compared.

Natural population change in Azerbaijan vs Pakistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.79% in Azerbaijan and +2.23% in Pakistan. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Azerbaijan	Pakistan
1960	127,982	1,217,147
1961	133,870	1,273,772
1962	135,928	1,328,675
1963	136,762	1,384,934
1964	134,971	1,447,394
1965	131,114	1,496,050
1966	126,678	1,566,343
1967	118,988	1,626,737
1968	115,379	1,683,296
1969	111,387	1,733,601
1970	108,976	1,793,570
1971	106,948	1,695,374
1972	105,009	1,912,774
1973	103,208	1,971,909
1974	103,872	2,028,061
1975	103,472	2,099,811
1976	103,370	2,171,812
1977	102,304	2,257,849
1978	102,831	2,356,601
1979	104,864	2,461,311
1980	110,279	2,598,421
1981	121,400	2,790,454
1982	117,615	2,934,689
1983	125,966	3,052,738
1984	130,043	3,145,772
1985	132,068	3,233,315
1986	141,499	3,341,643
1987	138,195	3,448,813
1988	136,702	3,554,755
1989	141,531	3,648,132
1990	142,069	3,731,730
1991	147,607	3,822,363
1992	133,615	3,888,637
1993	123,664	3,915,776
1994	107,112	3,956,699
1995	93,755	3,977,175
1996	80,735	4,021,758
1997	84,653	4,043,912
1998	77,548	4,104,824
1999	71,047	4,228,026
2000	70,023	4,281,169
2001	64,890	4,304,297
2002	63,741	4,307,607
2003	64,226	4,340,688
2004	81,403	4,294,654
2005	89,793	4,294,393
2006	96,724	4,538,426
2007	97,827	4,690,187
2008	99,903	4,885,855
2009	99,315	5,028,132
2010	112,274	5,147,142
2011	122,002	5,189,412
2012	119,915	5,191,263
2013	117,710	5,176,590
2014	115,374	5,148,994
2015	110,967	5,113,507
2016	102,457	5,044,922
2017	86,715	5,090,200
2018	81,506	5,103,858
2019	85,207	5,127,011
2020	50,466	5,011,177
2021	35,483	5,065,913
2022	61,865	5,268,077
2023	52,800	5,281,745

Maternal mortality chart: Azerbaijan vs Pakistan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 18 deaths per 100,000 live births in Azerbaijan, compared to 155 deaths in Pakistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Azerbaijan	Pakistan
1985	45	432
1986	48	436
1987	45	442
1988	45	441
1989	43	439
1990	41	434
1991	43	443
1992	56	459
1993	54	473
1994	58	479
1995	64	485
1996	58	482
1997	59	476
1998	54	456
1999	51	438
2000	46	419
2001	45	400
2002	40	380
2003	41	358
2004	40	333
2005	40	316
2006	33	284
2007	33	265
2008	30	254
2009	29	246
2010	28	240
2011	27	234
2012	28	227
2013	24	220
2014	23	211
2015	21	202
2016	22	193
2017	22	184
2018	21	178
2019	21	173
2020	21	178
2021	55	193
2022	32	160
2023	18	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.86% in Azerbaijan and 5.85% in Pakistan. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Azerbaijan	Pakistan
1960	-	25%
1961	-	24.1%
1962	-	23.3%
1963	-	22.5%
1964	-	21.8%
1965	-	21.2%
1966	-	20.6%
1967	-	20.2%
1968	-	19.7%
1969	-	19.4%
1970	-	19%
1971	-	18.7%
1972	-	18.4%
1973	-	18.1%
1974	-	17.8%
1975	-	17.6%
1976	-	17.4%
1977	-	17.1%
1978	-	16.9%
1979	-	16.7%
1980	-	16.5%
1981	-	16.3%
1982	10.9%	16.1%
1983	10.7%	15.8%
1984	10.4%	15.6%
1985	10.2%	15.3%
1986	9.96%	15%
1987	9.77%	14.8%
1988	9.62%	14.5%
1989	9.52%	14.2%
1990	9.48%	14%
1991	9.5%	13.7%
1992	9.52%	13.4%
1993	9.52%	13.1%
1994	9.47%	12.8%
1995	9.34%	12.5%
1996	9.1%	12.1%
1997	8.78%	11.8%
1998	8.37%	11.5%
1999	7.91%	11.1%
2000	7.4%	10.8%
2001	6.9%	10.5%
2002	6.41%	10.3%
2003	5.96%	10.1%
2004	5.55%	9.85%
2005	5.18%	9.65%
2006	4.85%	9.47%
2007	4.55%	9.29%
2008	4.27%	9.1%
2009	4.01%	8.91%
2010	3.77%	8.71%
2011	3.54%	8.49%
2012	3.32%	8.27%
2013	3.12%	8.04%
2014	2.95%	7.8%
2015	2.78%	7.56%
2016	2.63%	7.33%
2017	2.49%	7.1%
2018	2.36%	6.88%
2019	2.24%	6.67%
2020	2.13%	6.46%
2021	2.04%	6.25%
2022	1.94%	6.05%
2023	1.86%	5.85%